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* Author:		BB, JU, JW
* Project name:		Uttar Pradesh WTP
* File name:		ReadMe.txt
* Institution:		Columbia, SAIS, ISEP, Dartmouth	
* Start of project: 	January 8, 2019
* Project purpose:	Determinants of willingness to pay for electricity pricing reform
* File purpose:		Read me for the replication package for EPO
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Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. Replication procedure


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*	1. Introduction
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This file is the ReadMe.txt for the replication package of our Energy Policy article. The zip file contains the following files:

- ReadMe.txt. This file.

- WTP replication do-file.do: a Stata .do file that transforms WTP replication data.tab into the version needed for replication of our results.

- WTP replication data.dta: the Stata (version 13) dataset that was used for the analysis. 

- NSS balance data.csv: the comma-separated values dataset for the 66th round (2009-2010) of the Indian National Sample Survey that we used to compare our survey data to.

- NSS balance do-file.do: a Stata .do file that transforms NSS balance data.tab into the version needed for replication of our results.

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*	2. Replication procedure
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(1) Download the zip file and open it. 
(2a) The entire replication can be run from WTP replication do-file.do.
(2b) Alternatively, you can also open WTP replication data.dta and run it first, then run WTP replication do-file.do. 